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# Download latest dotnet/codeformatter release from github | |
$repo = "dotnet/codeformatter" | |
$file = "CodeFormatter.zip" | |
$releases = "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases" | |
Write-Host Determining latest release | |
$tag = (Invoke-WebRequest $releases | ConvertFrom-Json)[0].tag_name | |
$download = "https://github.com/$repo/releases/download/$tag/$file" | |
$name = $file.Split(".")[0] | |
$zip = "$name-$tag.zip" | |
$dir = "$name-$tag" | |
Write-Host Dowloading latest release | |
Invoke-WebRequest $download -Out $zip | |
Write-Host Extracting release files | |
Expand-Archive $zip -Force | |
# Cleaning up target dir | |
Remove-Item $name -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | |
# Moving from temp dir to target dir | |
Move-Item $dir\$name -Destination $name -Force | |
# Removing temp files | |
Remove-Item $zip -Force | |
Remove-Item $dir -Recurse -Force |
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@andyneff You are right.
curl.exe -LO https://github.com/%repo%/releases/latest/download/%file%
should be the preferred way for downloading the latest release these days (curl
is available by default on Windows and it's faster than PowerShell'sInvoke-WebRequest
, so I'd recommend using it instead).